Dan Cretu is one of our favourite artists on Instagram right now. His images are pertinent, cynical and wildly addictive too. We caught up with him to talk about training your creative inner dragon and re-framing pop culture with a contemporary message.

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A photo posted by Dan Cretu (@dan_cretu) on May 18, 2016 at 9:33am PDT

What are your favourite elements of pop culture that you like to reference?

I like Rihanna and Banksy, and my life is invaded by Disney from my 6 year old daughter. I like re-framing things and I use both classical and pop references. I start from something that the viewer already knows and give a contemporary twist that serves the message I want to deliver